by Louisa May Alcott

翻譯：范婕

前情提要：美國(guó)女作家路易莎·梅·奧爾科特（Louisa May Alcott）小時(shí)候是個(gè)愛(ài)探險(xiǎn)的小女孩。有一天，她獨(dú)自跑到外面玩了一整天。天黑之后才發(fā)現(xiàn)自己找不到回家的路了。在她累得在街頭睡著的時(shí)候，一個(gè)街頭公告員走過(guò)，嘴里喊著“Lost—Lost—A little girl, six years old, in a pink frock,white hat, and new, green shoes!（尋人——尋人——一個(gè)小女孩，六歲，身穿粉色連衣裙，頭戴白色名帽子師，考腳點(diǎn)穿綠小色結(jié)新鞋子！）”原來(lái)這個(gè)公告員是小路易莎的父母雇來(lái)尋她的。最終，小路易莎平安地回了家。

You won’t be surprised to know that the next day after this last1)affair Louisa’s parents made sure that she did not leave the house. Indeed, to be2)entirely certain of her3)whereabouts,they tied her to the leg of a big sofa for a whole day!

Except for this one fault, Louisa was a good child, so she felt much4)ashamed that she had caused her mother, whom she loved dearly, so much worry. As she sat there, tied to the sofa, she made up her mind that she would never5)frighten her so again. No—she would6)cure herself of the runningaway habit!

After that day, whenever she felt the least7)desire to slip out of the house without asking8)permission,she would hurry to her own little room and shut the door9)tight. To keep her mind from bad plans she would shut her eyes and make up stories—think them all out, herself, you know. Then,when some of them seemed pretty good, she would write them down so that she would not forget them. By and by she found she liked making stories better than anything she had ever done in her life.

詞組加油站

make up one’s mind 下定決心

slip out of 溜出

hurry to 趕往

make up 編造

by and by 不久，后來(lái)

1) affair [?'fe?] n. 事件

2) entirely [?n'tɑ??l?] adv. 完全地

3) whereabouts ['we?r?bɑ?ts] n. 下落，行蹤

4) ashamed [?'?e?md] adj. 慚愧的，羞恥的

5) frighten ['frɑ?tn] v. 使驚恐，使恐慌

6) cure [kj??] v. 治愈，矯正

7) desire [d?'zɑ??] n. 渴望，欲望

8) permission [p?'m??n] n. 允許，批準(zhǔn)

9) tight [tɑ?t] adv. 緊緊地后記：從此，路易莎開(kāi)始了自己的故事創(chuàng)作，成為美國(guó)著名的作家。這就是路易莎從“野孩子”到“故事王”的故事。

參考譯文

這件事情后的第二天，路易莎的父母便不許她出門(mén)了，這并不讓人感到意外。其實(shí)，為了百分百明確路易莎的行蹤，父母甚至把她綁在了大沙發(fā)腿上一整天！

除了這次犯錯(cuò)，路易莎實(shí)際上是個(gè)好孩子，讓親愛(ài)的媽媽如此為自己擔(dān)心，她覺(jué)得愧疚極了。被綁在沙發(fā)腿上的路易莎坐在那兒，暗下決心再也不會(huì)讓媽媽擔(dān)驚受怕了。一定不會(huì)了——她要改掉自己這個(gè)到處亂跑的習(xí)慣！

從那天起，每當(dāng)有那么一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)要不經(jīng)允許從家里溜出去的想法，她就沖進(jìn)自己的小房間，把房門(mén)緊緊關(guān)上。為了把那些壞念頭從腦袋里趕出去，她會(huì)閉上眼睛，編構(gòu)故事——把整個(gè)故事在腦子里想出來(lái)，一個(gè)人，你知道的。當(dāng)她覺(jué)得一些想法還不錯(cuò)的時(shí)候，她就會(huì)把它們寫(xiě)下來(lái)，以防自己忘記。后來(lái)，她慢慢發(fā)現(xiàn)寫(xiě)故事成了自己畢生做過(guò)的事情中最喜歡的那件事。

名師考點(diǎn)小結(jié)

1. make sure指“確保，確認(rèn)，核實(shí)”，常用于祈使句，后面常接that賓語(yǔ)從句或of介詞短語(yǔ)。例如：I have made sure that he is telling the truth. 我已了解清楚他說(shuō)的是實(shí)話。

Will you make sure of his return?（=Will you make sure that he has returned?）

請(qǐng)你查明一下他是否真的回來(lái)了，好嗎？

注意：后面接的that從句一般不用或很少用將來(lái)時(shí)。例如：

Make sure that you come here before fi ve. 你一定要在5點(diǎn)前來(lái)。

2. so that引導(dǎo)目的狀語(yǔ)從句，通常和can、could、may和might等情態(tài)動(dòng)詞連用。例如：

My old father began to study computer at the age of sixty so that he might keep up with times.

我的老父親六十歲時(shí)開(kāi)始學(xué)習(xí)電腦，以便跟上時(shí)代。

I spend more time learning English every day so that I can make greater progress this year.

為了今年取得更大進(jìn)步，我每天用更多的時(shí)間學(xué)英語(yǔ)。

拓展：so/such...that...意為“如此……以至于……”，引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語(yǔ)從句。so后面接形容詞或副詞，such后面接名詞。例如：

It is such an interesting fi lm that we all enjoy it. 這部電影如此有趣，我們都喜歡它。